Russia strikes Kremenchuk university building and Rivne hypermarket, leaving casualties and widespread damage
Photo source: Telegram / State Emergency Service of Ukraine
On the night of October 21, occupying forces attacked regions across Ukraine. In Kremenchuk, a drone struck a university academic building, sparking a fire. In the Kharkiv region, Russian drones destroyed private residences, killing two people. In the Rivne region, a hypermarket came under attack, injuring four people.
Rubryka reports this, citing the State Emergency Service of Ukraine's (SES) Telegram channel and the head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration, Vitalii Diakivnych.
Poltava region
In Kremenchuk, a Russian drone attacked one of the academic buildings of the Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi Kremenchuk National University. As a result of the strike, the fifth floor of the building caught fire.
Initially, the SES reported two injured individuals, and details later emerged that a 16-year-old child was among the victims.
"Preliminarily, two people were injured. A 16-year-old child was also injured and hospitalized," rescuers noted.
According to the head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration, the child was diagnosed with a concussion and blast trauma before being taken to the hospital. Another injured victim remains in moderate condition.
Photo source: Telegram / State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Photo source: Telegram / State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Rescuers extinguished the fire in the university's academic building.
Additionally, an administrative building and a warehouse caught fire in Poltava. Fires broke out inside both premises, where SES rescuers worked to eliminate the consequences of the attack.
Kharkiv region
In the Kharkiv region, two people were killed, and 11 others suffered injuries following a massive Russian attack. Two children were among the injured.
Russian drones attacked the residential sector of the Korotych settlement in the Kharkiv district, damaging and destroying private homes and outbuildings.
During emergency rescue operations, SES employees unblocked the bodies of a man and a woman from beneath the rubble of one house.
Regional authorities added that an 83-year-old man and an 81-year-old woman died in Korotych, while 11 people suffered severe stress reactions, including a 2-month-old boy and an 8-year-old girl.
At another address, an outbuilding caught fire following a Russian strike. Rescuers continued working at attack sites despite the threat of repeated shelling, involving sappers, dog handlers, and community rescue officers.
By morning, according to the Regional Military Administration head, Oleh Syniehubov, details confirmed that two people died and 24 were injured across the Kharkiv region, including two children:
- In Kharkiv, 7 people suffered injuries, while two others experienced acute stress reactions
- In Derhachi, a 45-year-old woman, a 46-year-old woman, and a 59-year-old man were injured
- In Shestakove village, Staryi Saltiv community, a 42-year-old woman sustained injuries
Rivne region
On October 20, Russian troops repeatedly attacked a hypermarket in the Rivne region, triggering a large-scale fire.
Firefighting efforts were complicated by large amounts of flammable materials inside the building and the constant threat of repeated strikes. Due to danger, rescuers were forced to withdraw to safe locations periodically.
Four people were injured in the attack, with three requiring hospitalization.
Firefighters managed to extinguish the blaze using 46 personnel and 13 units of SES equipment.
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